Douglas MacArthur High School - MacArtair Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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4 opening Changes affect fresh start In the weeks to follow, the bathrooms got smokier, the cafeteria dirtier and the parking lot fuller. Assistant Principal Ms. Mary Raby left to become prin- cipal at Hoffman and in came Hambrick's Mr. Bobby Ezell to replace her. As the year continued, so did the fresh start. Cheerleaders were in the cafeteria at 6:45 every morning with fresh doughnuts. The Volleyball team set a new district record. A new bookstore was established by the English department. Things even improved in the classroom itself. The majority of the typewriters were working. Shorthand teachers issued brand new books. Science labs smelled like Lysol for a change instead of dissected frogs. Teach- ers changed their bulletin boards occasionally and the eraser man came by regularly. lt was the chalk they were short on this year, or so it seemed! During the year there were numerous events that even though they were held annually, had new facets, new par- ticipants and a fresh start. These were the students' life. Not Me. Turning the class and hoping to lose his place, Victor Ramirez is hoping he won't be called on to read. the front of And a one, two, three. The band strikes up Big Red to end the pep rally for another Friday so the crowds can take the cue to go to their first period classes. -'Y ---' - -' ra Y-,lb it . , f ,-3' 'PO' Serious Thinking. While sitting down for ' 11-,A roll call, Veletha Jackson waits for her IQ-,asf name to be called before she can begin 52. an hour of activity in physical education classes. - Y eg gp-

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6 life Floor tells the story Outside of the ordinary curriculum, numerous events occurred in which only the hyperactive could have shared in all. Students had only to look at the floor at the end of each day and see what had occurred that day. Straw, eggs, crushed hats and patches symbolized Sadie Hawkins Day. Confetti, torn down posters, and left-over pom poms meant that a pep rally had recently taken place. And, construction paper, paint and scissors were evi- dence of a poster party. A fresh start? The floors had been clean only weeks before. That's life at MacArthur. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's ridiculously bad. But it's always changing. 1978 gave students a fresh start in student life. Dances and socials were fewer but more people attended those that were held. And they were so infrequent that they were really something to look foward to. For many students the question of whether to transfer to Nimitz was uppermost in their minds. Juniors, after the first frenzy of finding out they had to transfer, were given a reprieve and allowed to choose whether to transfer. And all of this was just a small part of students' fresh start in life. A f Stirring up trouble, Junior Class Presif dent Beth Hessler adds a little mischief to the poster party by threatening people with body painting. All hands Deborah Figueroo isn t all thumbs when it comes to poster parties